About us

The ethos of the management and staff team at Hillcrest is to provide a high quality needs led service at all times. We achieve this by providing a safe and comfortable home in which the residents are encouraged to be themselves as much as possible. We have a holistic view of the individual and work in empowering each resident to have choice and control in their day-to-day lives. It is through this approach that an individual support/care plan is drawn up to build on the persons existing strengths in becoming as independent as possible. The well being, safety and fulfilment of each resident is of paramount importance.
We have a culture of learning and development and are committed to equality of opportunities whilst respecting each individual’s uniqueness, diversity, and human rights.

Hillcrest is a small residential care home that provides twenty-four hour support for five adults with autism within the age range of 34-55. The overriding aim is to provide a home from home atmosphere within which the residents may enjoy a fulfilling quality of life and build on their existing skills in becoming as independent as possible. We are a committed staff team passionate about meeting the needs of the residents. We have written a code of ethics that we follow and work closely with other professionals, parents and carers to ensure continuity and consistency of care/support.

• To provide a safe, well led, caring and compassionate environment for adults with autism.
• To encourage and promote residents to take choice and control in their lives.
• Provide ongoing support and fulfilling lives as possible to enable the individual to develop their lifestyle opportunities in meeting the social, emotional and physical needs of the individual.
• To respond to each person as a unique individual in their own right, valuing them as individuals, upholding human rights.
• To provide staff with an induction programme into Autism, TEACCH, Fire, Health and safety, food awareness, and the care certificate. Training will be ongoing to ensure continuous learning and developing for staff in providing qualifications in social care at levels 2-5 alongside other qualifications.
• All staff receive regular management, support and development to ensure all policies, practices and procedures are adhered to.
• Staff work in a way that respects residents’ human rights, equality of opportunity, diversity choice and control.

• Promote the residents need for fulfilment, privacy, dignity and respect.
• Encourage as much choice and control in their lives.
• Recognise, respect and respond to the special eccentricities of each individual.
• To provide a happy, relaxed environment that encourages peer friendships.
• Encourage residents to learn new skills whilst in the home and day care facility, providing experience of living as independently as possible, experiencing the community, social and leisure opportunities.
• Recognise that confidentiality is of the utmost importance and a basic human right.
• To work with parents/carers and other professionals for the benefit of the resident.
• Recognise the importance of Health and Safety procedures, applying them for the safety of the residents and staff.
• The right to take informed risks

• Respect the person’s right of choice working within the autism spectrum disorders.
• The right of all individuals to cultivate attitudes and eccentricities of their own.
• Access to information presented clearly and appropriately in a format that residents are familiar with.